Bathing shoe or slipper.



L. PIERCE.

BATHINU SHOE 0R SLIPPER.

APPLICATION FILED 056.213.1914.

1 l5O 7O2 Patented A11 17, 1915.

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GEORGE L. PIERCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. SPALDING 8cBROS. MFG. 00., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW. JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented Aug. 117, 1915.

Application filed December as, 1914. Serial no. 878,770.

new and useful Improvements in Bathing Shoes or Slippers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My said invention relates to bathing shoes or lippers having a fabricupper and a sole of leather or other suitable material ecured thereto bymarginal stitches.

The invention has, among others, for its object to provide. a shoe ofthis character wearer. The usual method of preventlng damage 'to orrupture of such seam, so far as I am aware, ha been to shape the sole sothat it extends upward around the sides and at the toe and heel, andjoins the upper at some its edge a strip distance above the sole level.tates the molding or-shaping of the sole over a form or last whichentails an expense which it is one of the objects of the presentinvention to avoid.

With these and other objects in view, the invention includesthe novelfeatures ofconstruction and arrangement and combination of partshereinafter described and particularly defined in the appended claims.

- A bathing shoe embodying my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing,

in which.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the shoe; and Fig. 2 is a sectionaldetail of the ;toe portion on a larger scale.

This necessi- The upper throu h and through stitches indicated at 2",and t e intermediate portion of the strip is secured to the face of theupper below the seam by a waterproof cement.

For further protection of the toe I provide a toe cap 3 which iscemented to the toe portion of the upper and extends down in side of thestrip 2 which, in turn, is cemented to the toe cap, and further securedby the continuation of line of stitches i'2 extending at this partthrough strip 2, cap 3, and upper 1.

The upper edge of the cap is preferably further secured to the upper bya line of stitches 3".

In some cases I may provide an inner sole indicated "at 4 formed of anysuitable material, such, for example, as the same material as the upper,and secured thereto by an out-turned seam indicated at 4*.

A bathing shoe or slipper as above described may be very cheaplymanufactured,

and yet is strong and durable in use, as it has no exposed stitchesliable 'to be cut or worn'by sand and rocks or the like, and hence isnot likely to rip or break away at the junction of the sole and upper,being protected and reinforced at this point.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. A bathing shoe orslipper comprising a flat unmolded sole, a leather strip having itslower edge secured to the edge of the sole, and a fabric upper havingits lower edge secured to said strip. only.

2. A bathing shoe or slipper comprising a sole, an upper, and a separatestrip of mate rial having one edge stitched to the sole with an inturnedseam and having its other edge stitched to the upper.

3. A bathing shoe or slipper comprising a sole, an upper, and a separatestrip of material, one edge of the strip being stitched to the sole withthe seam turned in, and the other edge stitched to the upper, theintermediate portion of the strip being cemented to the upper. a

4. A bathing shoe or slipper comprising an upper and a fiat unmoldedsole, and means connecting the upper and sole comprising a strip sewnalong one edge thereof to the sole, and cemented to the upper.

5. A bathing shoe or slipper comprising an upper, a toe cap applied tothe upper, a

5 sole, and '1 separate strip sewn along one edge thereof to the soleand overlapping the upper and toe cap, and secured thereto.

GEORGE L; PIERCE.

lvitnessesz H. BOARDMAN SPALDING, FRANCIS G. CoATEs.

